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Ch. 10 bio
Ch.10 Biology study guide
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| RNA | Ribosomal Acid |
| 3 parts of Nucleotide | Sugar, Phosphate, Base |
| Shape of DNA | Double Helix |
| Process of copying DNA in cell | Replication |
| 3 types of RNA | mRNA, tRNA, rRNA |
| 3 mRNA nucleotides | Codon |
| Start codon | AUG |
| Stop codon | UAA, UAG, UGA |
| Used to signify the nitrogen base | Letters |
| Watson & Crick won what in 1962 | Nobel Prize in Medicine |
| Ribosomes are composed of | rRNA & proteins |
| Purines are | Adenine & Guanine |
| Pyrimidines are | Cytosine & Thymine |
| DNA Sugar | Deoxyribose |
| RNA Sugar | Ribose |
| Inspired by the X-ray photographs of DNA crystals | Double Helix structure of DNA |
| Made up of repeating subunits of nucleotides | DNA |
| Type of enzyme that binds to the separated chains of DNA | DNA Polymerase |
| Change in the nucleotide sequence causes a | Mutation |
| Number of copies produced of original DNA when finished | 2 new copies |
| Enzymes can | Repair errors (& bring down error rate down to 1 per 1 billion nucleotides |
| Genetic info is copied from DNA to RNA, called | Transcription |
| Correlation between a nucleotide sequence & amino acid sequence | Genetic code |
| Proteins are | Polymers |
| Proteins are made up of | One or more polypeptides |
| There are ____ amino acids | 20 |
| mRNA | Messenger RNA |
| tRNA | Transfer RNA |
| rRNA | Ribosomal RNA |